2008 SEC Championship Game

2008 SEC Championship Game
Conference Championship
2008 SEC Championship logo.
1234 Total
Alabama 100100 20
Florida 710014 31
DateDecember 6, 2008
Season2008
StadiumGeorgia Dome
LocationAtlanta, Georgia
MVPQB Tim Tebow, Florida
FavoriteFlorida by 10[1]
National anthemMillion Dollar Band
The Pride of the Sunshine
RefereeTom Ritter
Halftime showMillion Dollar Band
The Pride of the Sunshine
Attendance75,892
United States TV coverage
NetworkCBS
AnnouncersVerne Lundquist play-by-play
Gary Danielson color
Tracy Wolfson sideline
Nielsen ratings10.4 [2]
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2008 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Eastern Division
No. 1 Florida x$#   7 1     13 1  
No. 13 Georgia   6 2     10 3  
Vanderbilt   4 4     7 6  
South Carolina   4 4     7 6  
Tennessee   3 5     5 7  
Kentucky   2 6     7 6  
Western Division
No. 6 Alabama x%   8 0     12 2  
No. 14 Ole Miss   5 3     9 4  
LSU   3 5     8 5  
Arkansas   2 6     5 7  
Auburn   2 6     5 7  
Mississippi State   2 6     4 8  
Championship: Florida 31, Alabama 20
  • # – BCS National Champion
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008 Dr Pepper SEC Championship Game was played December 6, 2008, in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia to determine the 2008 football champion of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The game featured the Florida Gators and the Alabama Crimson Tide. The Gators were classified as the home team. Before this game was played, the designated "home team", chosen on an alternating basis, was 10–6 (11–6 after Florida's win in this game) in SEC Championship Games. The SEC East is 10–6 in SEC Championship games (11–6 after Florida's win), with the Florida Gators accounting for six of the 10 victories. (seven after this game) Before this game, Alabama had represented the SEC West five times in the conference championship game with a 2–3 record.

The game was televised by CBS Sports and kicked off at 4:00 pm EST.

  1. ^ "Alabama vs Florida NCAAF line movements - 09.18.2021 | VegasInsider".
  2. ^ Rapoport, Ian (December 7, 2008). "Alabama-Florida on CBS championship best ever rating for an SEC game". The Birmingham News. Retrieved November 17, 2014.

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